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THE QUIET HOUR
4 ill Mut ua 11 th awful eaereanese .
,1' T XT 7
rr-X-mber-v :"dl, ; grave and
. , hoary halra, " "' ",!
;v' 'of youthful laughurg and of manly
.,- . , csr0St 'Vs' '-'''','. ' . . .
Of moaalng eigne and paaslonat
' T'-'.Of Infinite sacenalons of the soul,--r
, And gnawing hungr of th oT
:: Of cot wge virtuearand th oImn" roll
Of .populous i eltl. thundr, and th
Z J" rWrlTltalth of childhood, gwet a
mignonette '. ''". '
, ' Among Doubt'a bitter berbagv and the
dear
R-g ltmpeea of lb oerllw
"TPowb th Mm Of our loot wonder-
,:,l..vv phr, ' . . " w..
' And ail'tho iBonaoorotlona ond dollf u
, -riflerm In tbo tmttoroo of tho d7 d
-Vv'.ti .vjiight.- .;..',: ''.';,.f
v r - "' -
-TfcodaHr mlmclo of Hfo o ob " '.
JV , . Within our chamboro. our,hou0
' s. hold hMrtlu, '
- in 6br dutUa and In Joeund mlrtna.
' In all tho unquiet bopoo nd foam that
Out t" our naarta'alont tho oda of
'"Tho Urrlblo abya; In tbo colasa -v
. ? Of frtendahlp, la tho cotaaloa of kwi,
Ja burial dlrsM and In marriage paalmo;
In all tho far. weird yoloea tbet we
''' '- hear,-'" "" " ' " '
"' la all the wyatto vlalona-that we behold.
In our aoul'a auatmera when the daya
''. ' . are clear, . i '. ',
' "''LaM in our wlntera when tbo nlfhti are
. ' eold.' - - '''- - , ' '.
, 'And In the oubtU : aeepU 'of our
-,-,-.'i.. brath,w-i, lu. ' -,-J
And that annunciation men call death.
1 ' , . - i ; .'' , ' -"' ' '"
IO earthi thoo haat'aot. any -wind that
Wowi .' .....;'....';' '
. . Which Je not inuele; every weed of
.: - . thine-- - - .. ..-;.-,---- .
1T4 rightly, flowr-lBawmatlo
' ''wine; . : . .. !.- ' "'' .
(And erery humble hedgerow power that
V ; And Tery, little brown bird that oth
!'' alng, -..'','' ' ' '
,. Hath oomethlng greater than Itaelf, and
.' " .- baa re ' "''-;.', 'r'.':, '"
-v A living word to evory living-thing,
1 Albeit It hold the meaaage unawarea.
, AU ahapea and aounda have aometblng
. ' ..''''''. which le not . . -. .:,
ft thorn: a eplrtt walha amid the graaa.
' tVaguo outline , of .the , overlaatlng
. ' ' -' thought Y . .
lelt In the mellow ahadowa aa they
paaa, . v '
The toufh of an Eternal Preaenoe
,. thrllla " ''' i ;
v The treno,ul! aunaeU and the brooding
7.7;V. ! ;V;-:vvv.VvV; '''.'
". Forever, through the world'a material
God rhoota hla Immaterial. Night and
, -Apocalrptlo tntlmaUoon etray ' ...
, Down the dark janee of matter; view
T" law arma '
Lean lovingly toward va from the air,
Thre la a breathing marvel In the aea.
The aapphlro forehead of the moun
.' ' ..... .Ulna wear :. ... " ': ' ' '
V A light within light which ,enaymbola
r -r
: . Unutterable beauty and perfection .
That, k with immeasurable, striving,
V- .'J etrlvee; ' s . '. V i '
'Through oode4-lorman4-Muoua
r Indirection, - . -
To hint Into our dull and hardened Uvea
-tho.
(Poor uvea tnat cannui wwm r v""'
, aright)
bodilesa glorleo which are out of
eight . i
. ' ' a' warhllltlea '
C ."When w go away from the noise and
earaa of the ouur world Into the still
. 'nese to take counsel with our own
eouls and to rooolva help from the In
flnlto eourcee tof power, that surround
;ua, at I well to leave our fear a and
;. , our' consciousness of what we ; regard
'aa our limitation behind oa. " " '
UiJt la well, too, to leave opinions and
, prejudice outalde with the life ' that
'" engender them and deal only with our
innermost convictions with which preju
! dloo ; and inerp opinion . have nothing
to do. - ' - ' V .
1 Tho Bible Is full of promises to those
who believe, of spiritual, of physical,
even of financial atrength. .Why la It
" "that ao few, comparatively,, aver teat
L tb validity of those promises and be-
lteve.they refer to some future state,
wttoa a careful study of them ahowa
them to be oapeolally adapted to thto
-very world In which we llvet ; '"-v- "
Why te It that a sons of weakneea
'- that ahowa Itaelf In lllneaa. In trouble
and want oppreasea so many of. the
, ' .human race? , i
' . Is it not because they have no faith
c In their own posalblll tlaa. and la the
1 no partnership with power thsy could
enter Into U the only would? .
' . They shall run and not be weary:
they shall walk andntot faint." urely
that promise le i not for th Immortal
spirit, freed from all fleshy bonds, but
'.'.' for those who are liable to fainting
v . and weakness. . ' ,
,vi,v"A thousand ahall fall at thy aide
: '.' ,' and ten thousand at thy right hand,
v but It shall not com nigh thee." ia
-' not meant to be taken advantage o( In
' state where there Is no disaster. !-
. "JTOve m ana see-. ie me commsna
f in another place in short, put these
- .promise to th teat by waking up to
1. th fact that th power and atrength
, , -j In your-own body and soul, conjoined
' ; with the power of like kind In the In
'' visible world, are vaatly greater than
': . yo bav ever believed them. ' ,.
' ' The secret of weakness I to be' found
. , in theM word of Paul: "A a a man
'. tblnketh. ao la he."
Well. If a man doesn't think at all,
but Juts someoofly ao ois thinking for
him what thenT -
: . Why then, he Is simply a negation
' and utterly fatla to connect with the
j rondltlona that weald enable him to take
dvantaaw of these promises that are
Intended to encourag u to dig deep
', ' tnto ourselves for the rlche and power
God ha put there for os to use. fc
- 1 Emerson tell ua to do th thing w
re afraid to do aa an antidote for ain
faith and coward loo, and many a on
can teatlfy-to th bealthfulnee and
cna of power that haa oom from thia
very coarse . a course that substantial
. ly roodlftad or changed entirely oondl
. tlon for th ,bttr. ; .,
. ,,. , ...-; V
" Well, parhapaiyoa aay "th evidence
of weakness, physical and mental, ar
. ao thick on vry band that we can
' riot help but hellers them to b th
' heritag of tho human, raoe, besides we
" bav boon taught to belle that w
wero f no account mr worm of th
" jduat unconsequentlal atom of bo cob
eeQuenoo In the economy of tbo Creator
of the nnlverae." . . ..,' , v ;.
But long ago-; the patlont atudy of
the aclantlat broiiyhr him In rmrTW t
cord with the eenttment of Jeaua
pressed In "not a sparrow falleth but
Ood ' Ukea noticed Slao bulk, merely
doea i not . determine power or Import-
Wa ar Ilk' God bfceapse we live by
the spark ef divinity 'within ua; that
relate us to th aourc , : of infinite
power." -v ' v" ). i -4. ' ' '
The -question is, how-can w make
that truth, of ua la everyday living and
thinking? How oan we put divinity Into
the commonplace matter of life?
First, by realising with all possible
speed that nothing ' la commonplace:
that time and eternity ar on and th
aama-thrngrlhar . w "are "In - iternlty
just as much new ss w ver will be;
that God la aa near to u now aa we will
let him be and that here or hereafter
be Will never be any hearer than we let
him be. - Th closeness of the relation
ship rests wholly with 'ua, for. "he la not
far from every on of ua." js
Let ua see if there I today any manl
fsstatlon of this powsr that In time
paat would have been regarded as mi
raculous, or llttl short of that. 1
To . begin with the physical realm.
Time was not a very long ago when
It waa. believed a man oould not live
longer, than nine days without food. It
baa la recent year been demonstrated
over and over again that a 40-day fast
Is in some mstanosa positively beneficial
Inateed. of being fatal. - . .. . -
An Interesting case of this sort la of
recent occurrence . in , Balm-r4hat of
Claud Barker who fasted at days, dur
ing which time, aays Edward Console
In th Path rindev hunger did nof an-noy-lm
nr-d44 b loaln acUvUyjOf
mind or body. . f
. When we think of th mass of young
than, living wholly In ' th . senses
knowing no-life but th life of aenss
and sensual ' Indulgences-thls young
man seams modern Galahad, .and the
contrast hla act afford to th usual
round of avsrag human llf 1 a brack
ing aa a north wind, i
-Not that - everybody should fast. 14
daya,. but that every on should b
faithful to follow and obey th leading
of th Inner llahf aa was Claude Barker,
In . which event the world would Boon
ba a different ptao. ? . ;-.
no hs4
umn 'to
Referano
been ' mad ' before In
this column
to Helen Wllman,,, and
TRAINING ASSOCIATION,
- lat Thursday's mestlng of the asso
ciation wad well attended, nearly every
seat baliig fillsd. jiot counting v. on
brown-haired baby that crept about on
the floor and entertained himself with
some plaything his tnougntxui moiner
brought wlth.ner. - ' i
a naner was read by Mrs. C. O. Tip
ton on "The .Moral and Boolal Training
of Children," in whleh ther wr o
uanr good things it laJifflcult to make
a altloni but thl I so ,uuu it tia
n-1
not b is ft out: -.,. y "
"W must also i train the little child
to love thlngai to llaten to the tinging
of -iha-Mrda; lv-atBrt- to Mv-n
fresh air and aunshlns. and to lov ani
mal. Bom may think that vry on
love thee .thing, but I one aaked a
young girl born and raised her to
till m th nam of a native wild flower
and ah remarked: "Oh, I don't hnowt J
never noticed them.' And upon aaklng
if ah knew what bird aang tnat pe
culiarly sweet song. sh remark sd: 1
don't think ? w bav any song oiraa
here; I never heard any.'".
. Mrs. Tipton urged the value of giv
ing th child a little garden, of It own.
and-sls spoke of th value of feathered
and four-footed pels In tb moral train
ing of tb child.- ' - v -
r "Teach a llttl ciilia.-- sns saia. - inat
th dog and eat feel aa he doea; that
they need to eat and drinkror only by
raring for thlnga do we become care
ful; and by tending thing w become
tndr." ' ,: t.
But thl ;slmph esntenc seem to
m of epeolal value: '
r W ar all apt to think we need so
much to train our chHdren. but what
we need moat la a good hrt and th
CAUSES OF WIFE DESERTJON
Wlf HeaartlBB and Bom Oatue f tta
By" Ella Wheeler Wlleog.
(Copyright. 1I0, by American-Journal-'
- . Examiner.) .'.---- .-1 . V
: la th entire history of ths civilised
world It la questionable If . ao many
caars of doaertloa were ever known, be
fore as have been chronicled by., the
courts In the last year.
All over the country wlvea and chil
dren have flocked Into court rooma with
talea of sorrow; and to every one who
has msd her trouble public might b
added two who have gone their way In
silence. '. , .v .
"For such 'a condlllon'oT thlngslher
must be soma exolanatlon. -
-TJier are' -- as, many... expianationa.
doubtless, aa thefe re case of deser
tion. - - . .v -
Though wronrf-doers , crowd earth's
highway together, they have each, ap
proached It by a personal path.
Many a sad-faced wife who appeals
to tb sympathy of th court and telle
a pathetic story of desertion by her law.
ful husband has, nevertheless, driven
him away by her own actions.
It may be extravagance; It may be
bad housekeeping and poor cooking: It
may be Indiscreet and undignified con
duct; It may be jealousy and nagging:
It-may be th proverbial mother-in-law
or interfering relative, end all the time
the wife may think' herself blameless
sna aeservina or dudiio sympathy, ana
she may. regard her deaerting nuacana
as a monster of cruelty and faithless
ness. :t -.v.- . ..
' And he la. For no man who take a
wlf for better or for worse and dsaert
her when th "worse" com ran retain
hi self-respect or hla light to the nam
of -a manly man. - ,' , ' .
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES.
If any people may be Interested to
know, that the order of wedding snnl
verts r tee runs as follows: First year,
paper; fifth, wooden; tenth, tin; twelfth,
leather; fifteenth, crystal; . twentieth,
rhino, twenty-fifth,, stiver: - thirtieth,
Ivory; 1 fortieth, - woolen; forty-fifth.
ki fiftieths gntdefl, and aeventy-ftfth.
diamond. . .
' But of la( year It ha become th
custom te overlook all th annlvaraartea
th'r la bo better vldnc of th power
of faith and courage earth than this
woman'e llf for th past ysara.
vPor tb pat four yara ah haa been
passing through a-vry avr ordeal,
having been accused of fraudulent, -Bee
of the malla and bn tried by th fed
eral authorities on that charg. -1 r
- Although not yet out frm under th
ban. pne or two decision have been
rendered In her rivor.
. Mrs. Wllman wa 75 yeare of age
before ahe waa arrested on thl chargs.
T.i fTsr''r'rtm?''tB?nnryi t 'pv'
iicatlon oVhrttpBPr and prevenuSfher
from practicing her vocation aa mental
healer.. i ' v '' ' '' ' '' '- ;
Many 4 VwomdB of ' halfher yars
would have sunk under such an accu
mulation of trouble aa thia,- But bow,
after four yeara of . the fiery furnaoa,
hear what he says, remembering the
feebleness of mind and body tnat w
uaually -asoclatewlth to yeara:
At the tlmh frand order was pro
nounced against m patlsnts began t
send me testimonial In a abort time
there wr more than a thousand, many
of thsm sworn to. ..They rsa4 Jlk old
tlm mlraol. but thsy were not per
mitted to appear In mr 4fnee whea
my trial cam off. r v-j
"But X am not writing about mar per
secutions her. I doubt whether ahall
ver do so. I have no malice against
any, one of ths people who for four
years hay been struggling. to rula m
It ta Ignorance on their part, and I am
learning the 'lesson of my life from i It
I would not' take Kockefelleaa billion
today and forget th lesson thy ePri
ence In.th Ut four yeara ha taught
T'nrhir waa' a hard knot In my under
atandlng to gt over before I could com
tat th absolute knowledge of how to
conquer old ag and death. .Nothing
would aatlsfym but "thia kaowledgo.
I had to have it. I challenged the
fore Of Pandemonium to keep It f rom
mi have a(dto -myself " thousand
times, -aU I ask lilo coma Out "Of thtg
with my llf.V- ' ' ' : '
."I hav brought mora : then 'my Ufa
out of It, (or. snail nv-w, ,
ended yet). ' J ' ' - ' i .
'1 hav-hrooght out It time -the
courage and determination, the health
and vitality that I etarted- In with, and
these are the qualities that wlrl. in a
long atruggle; they ar th .qualities for
which natur atakea air-har fore; and
who . ahall outwit her Incredible, abun
dance of power?" yi-jitx-.-.',--'.'l':.
. Thl quoUtlon from1 If r' Wllmana
la from Conabl' Path Finder for Feb
ruary. - It la well worth tllpaelona.ta
meditation In mora than on Quiet Hoar.
thlnga .that are moat freely, given-
fresh air and aunshlns. - ,
And again, this: "Do not try to teach
a child too much, but aa ha queetlon
and become Jntereted In thing, about
him. answer hla questions -wua train
and lntslllgence. . These llttl questions
that w sometimes find ao hard to an
swer ar ths child s natural way or
learning, and If mothers would but real
ise that each day a they answsr thslr
chlldrsn,' they are dojng the -very thing
they sometimes wish tney naa more
tlm for training their children and
that' her, eomttlmee, la planted th
seed of - untruth flf T you are- not-cer.
Uln your-anawer la correct - tall th
child aa Teach him the value of truth
bjr alway speaking It" -. .s!,.
Thia paper la to ba typewritten and
added to the aaaoelatlon library, where,
with th other that have beea referred
to, In thl column. It can be obtained,
and w advlee mother who war noi
present -at the last - few meeting to
avail themselvee of th library prlvll
ere and read these papers, aa a abort
extract doe not In the least indicate
the whole aoope and real, practical first
hand comprehension of tn t auojeoie
treated, which they display.
Neat Thursday's meeting I to ta a
party for th llttl folk and mothers
ar urged to come sad bring all the
children, aa the grownup ar going to
dsvot themselves 4o their , entertain
ment . Miss Eulah C. Hopklne will be
hosteas-ln-chlef, and Miss Virginia
Borup will tell the little folka stories,
soma, of which, let ua hope, will begin
like the deer old fairy tala of our
childhood "One upon a tlm" and
nd with ."Mvod happily ver afur."
until the flrat quarter of a century of
married llf ho passed. . - - (
Silver wedding" celebration ar
frequent, and may b charming socUU
functions. ' r f r r i
To give a--ceptlon I th moat usual
war of eelratlog these. - Though a
dinner parts or danc off era, pechapa,
mor njoyment , ; . ;
, It la by right an occaalon when only
or-'.. Intimate, friend should b in
vited, and if th family connection la
a large ono It la hardly neceaeary to go
outside..: ' ";.. " '.- '-
' At a reception a busbana anouia as
sist hla wlfe-tn receiving, and If a
dinner party-ia glvn It quit agree
with the eentlment or tn ocoaaion im
him to lead th way-1 th dining-room
with, hi-wife -n hla arm and for hr
"Ue- occupy a seat at hla right hand, a
11V aIlBB,r P)T VHB WW -mwmwm , I -'
breakfast-"'-" -;:-r.-
At an anniversary dlnnar thra ar
few varlatlona from th rule for an
ordinary, dinner party. - " f
f The decora Uona anouia o wnu ana
green 'With an ver, ana oouqueis m
white flower should be placed at avry
coventor the ladlea. with- boutormlr
for the- men." -. " , 1 . )
If a guest drink to th health of
the' happy pair they amlla and bow their
thanks and the husband-Is at liberty
to make a llttl speech expressive of
Ills ' happtneaa. -: .;.,. vr -t- .
If a danc ia given tn nusoana an
wlf should danc tb first danc to
gether, and th other-tjouple. Including
aa many tf th original bridal ,attend
anta a possible, should gather together.
; : DRESS FOR WEDDINGS. 7 .
, ".'.'!' " '(v. -l-'--
' Rlaborat afternoon . and ' reception
gowns are worn - at church Or house
wedding held tn th morning or aft
ernoon. .Ha ar . to be worn at the
following '' reception -or breakfast, - snd
gloves should be laid aside only when
on I eating:.' . ';,..,' ( ' i -
. For the Immediate family of th
bride or groom, deep, mourning should
be left. oft for the wedding day and
gray and lllao or black and purple b
worn I msteaa.
At an evening .wedding full drees may
ne wm, on els very elabVirat high
throated,' 'lohg-aleved' gowns. Without
hats and ,wlth whits gloves.
- Fer a second marriage, the . . bride
should wear.. traveling dreaa. or If th
' Mi NEW il2imTi3 GOWN '
Visiting Gown, of clpth,. trimmed
j ' Jacket to ftatenad;, with . three
' and cbemiaettB are of ;liic. t
THE". BOOK SHELF
.... ... .,. . .. tl .
c Edited by Eleanor. r.: Baldwin. . .
In the IJteraryDlgeat of January t.
under "tetters: and Art.", la a'ddlghtful
little " assay . on ' reading .vby .Oeorge
Brandes, a famous,Xnlh; writer, aad
to show that purposeful,'' intelligent
resdlhg is an Intel lectuaW exercise for
which we- should all be the better' and
abler, I quote the following; .
"A book which Is really i to inatruct
muat embrace either a alngle country,
or. a abort, definite period. .tOne might
almost aay, the ahoyter the period ..the
better. iA
"Th comparative narrwnes of th
period does not render th book narrow.
. "What Is - great and comprehensive
Is Only produced by greatnes of treati
ment, by the agthor'a '.cpriiprahenalve
vision, not try ' hhv endeayor to . cover
an Immense fltld; (""' , i
The Infinite, ia not! Immensely much;
It art sea from ths aymbcjllo treatment
of deUlL -':.'? K. Vv-. 1
."A naturalist -caa-dlsroas aa Insect
so to reveal an insight .Into the
unlverae. Eechew.'-therefor, general
urveya. ! ; ,
"Ever one who can do anything, can
do eomething in particular. , - .' ;
"From -th -particular,. wlndow,open
nt .Into th general.,-: Ther--arv far
fewer roads that lead from ths purely
general to wpecls.1 . knowledge.' . , s
rga. if th questjonvb skd : ' ; What
should w read?' I reply Better by r
read It hooka abdui one thing or about
T
wadding ! elaborately celebrated In
church a handsome, csoeptfrn gown.
In both ease; hat .should. b worn.
- Th coatume- must ;not? be, purely
White, but ahouldi be .light. BbCaomber
In color. ' ; ; '. V .:'''' "'- '
A maiden brld should dresJn whit
and ahould wear a vn of;bce, tuHe or
gauss.'., f- : , . ' ,' -'. ' V '''.-- '
Whatever the material " of the- wed
ding drees. Ita skirt ahould be en train
and fd'r a noon r afternoon ceremony
the waist should ' be ; high-necked and
with long aleeva, v - j" . s' t
For an evening wedding' the' bodloe
may be rut out , ln th . throat and be
without aleevee.- " .
Few jewel ahould be worn and those,
prsfsrably, the gift of the family or the
groom. ' ' "
White glovee "and ahoed.' ahould. be
If a walklna- snlt ie desired Instead
- xjx .v.-. ' , " V: v f -; - ' ' . '
V i": : i
fwHth rafn. yTht link .bolero.
vlarfi button, me. iinotriimei ,
7. ff: '''' ')
one' man than a hundred' booka about
hundred different things."
BuXJhl paragraph from Mr. Brandes
ahould . be engraven upon th heart of
every on 'who prises her owe Individ
uality .ana laesires to oeveiop ana grow
In harmony with her original pattern.
and r not- to obliterate" It by trying to
be like.aomebody !: . . - - "
("Aa soon a person .or a thing In
terests' my reader, my advice la, aelse
It. . absorb - yourself In It - ' Tou will
learn a . thousand time : more by ao
doing' than by abaorblng yourself In a
thousand thlnga and people. '
"Th object- widen before your gss
add .gradually expands to a , wbols
hprlaon. , '' ,".' i;
..-But never begin with the h orison
yoU wtU . know nothing of what you
, 'In anawer to what w should read.
Mr Brandes says: "The booka - that
attract ua -and hold ua fast . because
they. are , exactly' sultsd to as,'. . Thee
book are the, good booka for us. ,Ths
book uro good for us which ' dsvelop
US.".- . :- -t , ' .
' In answer to how to read.' thia 'writer
aaya: "First with affection; next with
criticism: -further, if possible, so that
our' reading - haa a . central pointy A
whole world may thue open Ulf out
for'se'ln a-stngl book. ' '
"Lsstly, . If w read attentively, we
ate able . to stow morally, Insofar as
we -vividly 'feel what aught to be don
and what might to be left undone.", ?
be of om' light color and it. hat ahejoTl
be--wornc ft-.- ,;;
.' Oloves . harmonising , with th ' gown
ar aultabls. . t . t.. .,
i .: ' . - v 'OBOtr
rterln with th srmntoms of a coi
man cold: there Is chlllnees. sneeslnc.
ore throat hot akin, quick puis,
hoarseness and Impeded resMration.
Olve frequent small doses of rMtllard's
Hore hound Syrup th child will cry
for I.), and at th first sl-n of acroupy
cough apply frequently lUerd'a gnow
Liniment to the throat
Mr. A. VI let. New Castle, Colorado.
Writes, March It. ItOt: "I think Pal
is rd' a norehound evrua a wonderful
remedy, end so plan. nt te take,"' Sold
by WoosVrd. Clarh at Co. . -. '
fit
r
the
r'-' ' . By S. a. Holland. ,
- Leading from Maaeachueetta bay far
into the wllderneaa, in th year lilt,
waa a narrow, dangerous trail, threaded
foniywhen necessity required,' and then
With every precaution against tta dan
gers. Ther wer . wild beaata to b
feared, there were hoatlle Indiana to be
dreaucil and thra waa th fatlgu tiff
tb hard journey to b endured.
. What . wonder, then, ' that th' llttl
aettlemant of Agawam, now Bpringfleld.
had few vlaltora from" the' Bay colony.
What wonder . that th. gloom -of tb
aolltud that surrounded them served
to Intensify th terror with which tby
bad -Ailed their own heart In thl prea
nt world, as wall aa th manifold mys
teries of aw -and pain In th world to
com:
Antedating by nearly a century and
a half the "minister's wooing," the "ter
rors of th law" war that much mor
ssvsr and th lov of 'th gospel burn
ing that much tb mor dimly In tb
heart of man. ' ' ' " : '-
f In - tb' UtU aeftlement of Agawam,
as this book .(largely taken from his
tory), pictures it ther war th mln-
.tr,MV. . Moaon; th roaglstrats, Mr.
Pyhohon: John Woodcock, a sort of fro
spirit and almost an outlaw. ,' Of course
ther are many other characters grouped
around these. -but this widely varying
trinity - form .the basts -of the-atory. -Th
minister l th antithesis of good
Mr. Hopkins. - H la narrow, vsngeful,
gloomy, full of foreboding and alwaya
ankloua to cenaure aad bring to punlah
mnt tb vlldon and it 1 -thl weak,
waning, enoiioua natur that brings
aJl th troubl to th little colony. . -'
J Mary Pynchon 1 ths, beloved daugh
ter of th magistrate and a girl of un
usual aweetnesa and depth of character,
: John Woodcock also haa a daughter
a' wayward, tpaaaionate, moody, shrink
ing child of 11, whn th 'atory -ooena
JX tha7at6ryprogfdasee ths Snagls
trat .and - hla .daughter endeavor to
atand between tb minister and th
sturdy, ahrwd but unlearned Woodcock
and hla daughtar, but do not altogether
succeed, for th man is Anally driven
from tb settlement . and goea to live
with the Indian,-while- th daughter,
after ten year of persecution, la at laat
driven to ' Inaanlty.' aa v th - result of
which h atrangl her new-born Infant
and ia then taken, to Boston, ao 111 and
weak that she can scarcely make the
journey. . She ia -tried and condemned
to death for murder, much to the satis
faction of Mr.-Moaon, but dlea before
sentence can ba executed. ; i -
From thia, one might think the. book
altogether a' gloomy one, but It la . not
Borne of the word pictures of llf and
scenery - are beautiful in the ' extreme,
and Ptr Trlmbl. 4h bad boy of the
little settlement, furnlabe consldsrabls
humor..; -. "
. Although the time of this atory ia
considerably earlier . tpanl . the -wltoh-craft
epidemic, as may -be supposed, the
prtxt for th tnintsUr'B. persecution
of the honest old Woodcock ' and hla
htackved. hi ah-tempered daughtar waa
hla belief that they were in league wtMt
th devil, and aft th aeatn or tne
daughter he tranalers nia aocusacion
to her husband, a, small. lnoffnlve,
niMnrf man. whom vn th most
lupsrsUtToTigwmn Of that tlni eeald I
nt M.naMerufltv! ad. discredited at
laat, Mr. Moaon goea to England, where
b la "silenced" and afterward dlea In
poverty and obacurlty. ' . - '
-BUt OS4ne HW nwarir-.Bww-w
hkn. goea John Woodcock, who haa al
waya found a congenial spirit In... the
magistrate, - Mr. . Pynchon.- desplt th
lattera culture, ano n . j "
Induced the one-tlraa outlaw to return
to England with hlm; ao on on ahlp,
return to thlr natlv land, the prlnci-
.k,...(.r. Af the atory. : 'y -
A few quotatlona are glvn that will
how the beauty of the book, hook
that-would lend Itaelf readily to drama-
tlsatlon. - .: ''. M
Her la a description m
land snow storm that could hardly -b
exceeded In beauty: - r . , ' ;
It anowed lnceaaantly. Far up In th
fathomleaa gray ,.th. ahootlng Jlake
mingled In dim eonfulon. or crossed
each other' line in momentary angle,
or came calmly down for a brief apace,
and then traeel ess .Into the temp
irt; and all. a- th.y mrtth bratnf
th blaat became Ita burden and were
wept In blinding and apltef ul. clouda
All around th atorm-wa Tocal. Th
pine hissed like .erpents, and th old
oak. catching the wild roar of hla chil
dren in th far northeaet. aa It came
on and on. over writhing i and bowing
foreata. took up the aame attain, and
atniggllng like a glant-eent It off tri
umphantly to the aouthwtrti h"la-v
But th storm Vaa aklllful aa well
aa strong. - It wov a wreath In the hair
of the pllntered Mump; It chiseled fair
capitals upon rude gateposts;. It crowned
stone chimneys with pillars of marbls;
It veneered rough house." walla with
Ivory S it mads soft; pillow and spotless
shrouds for dssd old treee; it wrought
fair ' corn Iceo- for' rough cabins; It
clothed with ermto unnltered beat
nd, aonght fantastlo shape around
vry corner end in every nook where
there, waa aufflclent quiet for ,th quest
For a' picture of happlneaa In mar
riage, perhape thl will compare favor
ably with any ever written: ; r i
' On Holyoke -(ths husbsnd of Mary
Pynchon) 1 yeara bad wrought a great
work. Satisfied tn his affections, hlsst
In his home, happy In hla Christian ex
perience and lw fellowship with a mind
that fostered vry good motive, nour
ished every good resolv and rewarded
with the eweeteet- and. only-pralae-h
sought every difficult achievement and
noble deed, he could not choose but out
grow evsn his own " sxpectstlona of
growth and become in his own modest
consciousness more noble and manly
than he had once supposed a men In
active contact with the .world could ba.
r Time had . fed him; experience had
given him atrength. , . ' -.
fTh iova that burned warmly at hi
heart and the angel thet fed th flam
kept all the ehorda of hi, being In har
mony; and whH from thl fact h w
able to give hla whole soul and un
divided energies to what ever task he
undertook, hie mental and spiritual
growth waa. from the aame fact, symmetrical-
and atrong aa a natural cos
sequence sf Its symmetry. ; ,
And of Mary: "Pride and passion had
left no trace upon her cheek. a. jealousy
and selrtsh discontent had plowed no
furrow serosa her brow; and even the
fresh Mush of maidenhood had only
given plac to a maturer' grace--
deeper, broader and aofter glory which
happy maternity may alone bestow. Hh
hsd been content to be a women and to
follow the prompting of her own lov
ing heart." ; ' . i f;
Aa these extrarle open with a descrip
tion of winter, perhaps me of svtamn
will properly cloee them: . - : '
MY DATil
- "To tho who have paaaed through
the summer season, exposed to It toll
and 'debilitating influences, how ' wel
come Js the first cool breath efeetamnl -
How, when the crickets begin to eihg
through the drowsy twilight and th
dried mullein -hold stiffly up. ita. tall
rack of aeed eupe and . the f reah green
or two aerriea cum Tinea and dark
en Into matted tuft of brown, and the
foliage of the forests and the graaaea
of the paatur show, that th freshness
of life haa departed, th Mart, become
aim and glad! - '
" "And when the frost king descends
from- hi crystal, heme while, all the
world ia sleeping and breathe upon th
foreata and trample upon th flowers
that they .mayr not b oontemptlble la
th light of-hi radiant mlrsclaa;.whi
the maplea- turn to glgantlo roses and
the oak to colossal peonlea; when th
meadow wer .a gay .bonnet upon Its
bosom and th river -runs ' ths gauntlet
of an army clothed in crimson and pur
ple, and every sight and-sound prophe
sies of relaxing. toll and speedy, fruition,
how the ..heart grows ' strong and the
beauty and majesty of autumn and its
goicen promises, ana great ruinuments
touch-us with gladness and gratitude,'; -
.', J.' O.. Holland lag better known by hla
two poem a. "Bitter, Sweet" and "Kat
rine and by hla novel, "Arthur Bonni-
caaU" than by, th 'Bay Path." but it
1 a question if for on reading to get
In mind a picture of the early colonial
life of thia country and to make a) atudy
of the manlfeatatlona of th bewitched
and those supposed to do the bewitching ,
and their accuser aa they were In those I
dark-daya, 'if a better book baa been1'
written than the "Bay, Path-", , - .'.
I S . ... l' .' ' '' '
GljtLCQnO-DEATH
;"fuisi;i:;3itiisp
Motheriett. Orphan Inflict, Tor
ttur w6n Herself to '-. Atone V-?
Tor an Accident?"
VVVj", rv (Joaraal Bpeelal errlc.) f r.'-.' (,',
' Cincinnati. Feb.- Death under ctr
Cumatancea peculiarly sad waa that of '..
Roa K.'Clmera,' a motherless Inmate of . .
th Bethany : home, an Episcopal . or '
pKanag In the pretty auburban village .
of Olejidala. , The girl, who waa 17
year of age, died of-burn received
Thursday evening. Th girl burned her.'
arm doing self-imposed penance and ao-
cldentally set fire to iier clothing. . he '
had a great desir ' to become a nurse. .
Ulltan Feara, a t-yaar-old inmate, of the '
home waa suffering from a email cut .'
on her arm. -Anxlou te do eomething
for 4h Infant- Rose evttempted W tead" y
just the bandage and' In - doing "
knocked over a kettle of boiling water f .
that scalded the child's erm ixadlyBha
wa reprovea ror violating tne ruive.
Sh was aelsed with a strange Id',
of burnlnr herself . on the, arm aa a...
penance. 8he waa aeen by ether chll-
aB hoi,
fire so that the flames touched the bare .
flesh. Before any on oould .interfere ,
her clothing caught fire end aha
soon enveloped in flame, The
of the children brought assist!
ha never rallied from-ths shook.
YOURBAPTinEj
If vo take' a 'cold, or it fakei yo
and you sneeze and choke and almost
.amIi vAHf tiettH riff. f.R'C r. .
. T C4 Lnur OH Eomttwn "Ft ZtiMmmry-r-the
; New Cod , Liver ."Oil : Emuliioii-e '
Guaiacol, Glycerine i; and the - Hypo
phosphites of Lime and Soda. ' '
-Then theicoldjHlLnd-jncnfe-flow
in consumption. Under-nourithcd
(oik, with thin blood and sluggish di-
gettion. cannot get rid of 'a cold. -:.,'
Conaumption'g shadow is , alwaye '
over them. ". ! ;.'-X-.-' ,T--rc: .. ; .",
- Come out of the thadow,. and ita
out ,'' -: "-i- - ' '.':- . 'r; '
- Fortify yourself with the (teat food,
020MULSION. V ; 1 ; : ;
r At all druggists. -' w : -.
There are twe aiaee I ex. and lies. lottles -Ik
Frmula Is printed ia ? language ea each. (
Ozomulsion Laboratories . ;
M Pine St. New Torfc.
What . better , testimonial do .';
jron want, than th worda of th .
rnothera, whe have oaad Mallia'a rood
Tor their babie? Ak any motbar, who . .
haa raiaed her babyea afelHn-a Pood, aad '..
sT ah I sot aiore thaa pleased. If n Is Bet r
WiwiiieBt te e that, write a aad we wfll ,
sead yo tuples of their lettara. - We aiay ,
haessasasnwm yeur town, for we heve them .,.
ftresa all evar the United State. Seed for a - '
freeaampUef MeUme Feed iw year baby. . .
CU ItaelaJTl-iilkest AbtstbV
'' ;'. PoftlAsa, Ore. 19C5. ;4
. Miixnrs food co- bostoh, mass. r'
The storxa's hers. Wrti S iswae ahjr
.... oa rals Toall aeed
v.t .. ; . , . -
Tew. U raw ever ead. Ws heve M a
lewest priass aad sell every Had tt-M -
Ring Up Phone Main 2776 '
Aad aak aa about tt Onr servtee lg
. , tuiek aa Mghtajag - almos. , '
,.,
t.S
f sth regulauon bridal robt. it should
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